Community Calendar: Nov. 20, 2013

Published 4:00 pm Monday, November 18, 2013

Wednesday, Nov. 20

GIS Day in Ocean Park

OCEAN PARK On Nov. 20 at the Ocean Park Fire Station, Mark Scott, M.S. GISP, will offer an interactive demonstration of powerful GIS mapping tools using technology like youve never seen. The interactive map of Pacific County contains a robust catalog of federal, state and local government GIS information including taxlot records and zoning with the Comprehensive Plan; Shoreline Management Plan Data; FEMA flood zones 1979-2013; the historic 1880 Shoreline; political boundaries; Stamen watercolor maps never before seen in Pacific County as well as lots of additional data. Learn more about information that is readily available. This is a free event offered at various times throughout the day. Call 665-4451 for more information.

Ilwaco Parks Plan

ILWACO Ilwacos Parks & Recreation Commission invites the public to the last parks plan open house set for Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., in the Ilwaco Community Building at 158 1st Avenue. Ilwaco is undertaking its first parks, trails and natural area planning effort. With the completion of the plan by March 2014, the city will be eligible for state grant funding for parks, trails and natural areas. Through the first open house, a community questionnaire and stakeholder interviews, great information ideas have been gathered. Now it is time to narrow them down to final recommendations. Final open house attendees will look at all the potential projects and help determine the projects to pursue. Be part of the selection process by coming out for this important meeting!

Diabetes support

ILWACO The Diabetes Support Group meeting is from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Nov. 20 at the Ilwaco Community Building (next to the library). Steve Bellinger, PA-C and Deanna Duret, MA/RD/LD, CDC will be presenting information on obesity and diabetes. This group is free and open to the public. If you have questions call 642-6314.

Neptune Classic Movies

LONG BEACH The Neptune Twin Cinemas offers family and classic movies with no charge for admission, subject to capacity. All family and classic shows begin at 1 p.m. The movie on Nov. 20 is Miracle on 34th Street, starring John Payne, Maureen OHara. 1947. 97 min.

Thursday, Nov. 21

Gardening chat

OCEAN PARK  The public is invited to the informal gardening chat set for Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. in the Ocean Park Library community room. The topic for this meeting is over-wintering and winterizing gardens. Call Lisa at 665-3061 with questions.

Friday, Nov. 22

Holiday Bazaar & Bake sale

ILWACO From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov. 23 the American Legion Auxiliary will present a Holiday Bazaar, Bake Sale and Lunch at the Columbia Heritage Museum on Lake Street in Ilwaco. This delicious holiday event is open to the public and features mainly local vendors. Mark your calendars for festive fun, food and crafts. Proceeds will support the Warrior Transition Battalion for wounded warriors at Joint Base Lewis McCord. For more information about American Legion and Auxiliary membership and special volunteer projects that support our brave military veterans, contact Connie Soditus at 665-6626.

Parkinson Meeting

LONG BEACH  The Parkinson Support Group is meeting a week early due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The meeting will be on Friday, Nov. 22 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., at the home of Elaine and Jerry Kettwig at 7979 Sandridge Road. Look for the balloons. Call Jerry at 642-2273 or Patti at 665-3284 for directions.

Saturday, Nov. 23

Turkey shoot

RAYMOND The Pacific County 4-H Shooting Sports club will hold a Turkey Shoot on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Willapa Harbor Gun Club located at 37 Butte Creek Road in Raymond. For $5 you get 10 shots with an air rifle at a turkey target and the top shooter in each of the five age division categories will win an oven ready turkey. This event is open to youth and adults, no matter your skill level. Homemade turkey noodle soup and turkey sandwiches, along with pie and coffee will be available for purchase and eat there or to take with you. If you have any questions, please call Jeannie at the 4-H office at 875-9331. All proceeds go to support the local 4-H shooting sports club so please come out and support your local 4-H and try to win a turkey!

Bake sale & bazaar

OCEAN PARK  Ocean Park Lutheran Church will hold its annual holiday bake sale and bazaar to benefit Camp Victory, on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at 2400 U Street. There will be baked goods and home crafts on sale. Grannies Attic will include gift items and desirable second-hand gift items. Raffle tickets are on sale now for a queen-sized quilt made to support the Lutheran World Relief. Coffee and cinnamon rolls will be available for purchase.

Bazaar & Bake sale continues

ILWACO From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23 the American Legion Auxiliarys Holiday Bazaar, Bake Sale and Lunch continues at the Columbia Heritage Museum on Lake Street in Ilwaco. This delicious holiday event is open to the public and features mainly local vendors. Proceeds will support the Warrior Transition Battalion for wounded warriors at Joint Base Lewis McCord.

Food drive

NASELLE ESA Alpha Theta will hold a food drive to benefit the Naselle Food Bank on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Okies Select Market in Naselle. For more information please call 484-3844.

Wildlife friends meeting

LONG BEACH Friends of the Willapa Wildlife Refuge will hold their annual meeting Saturday, Nov. 23 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Long Beach Depot, 102 3rd St. NW. The public is invited to attend and enjoy a performance by the Shoalwater Storytellers and to help select the winners of the second annual Fall Foto Contest. There will also be a raffle for a guided kayak trip, and refreshments. The Friends group is made up of people who support the Willapa Wildlife Refuge in its mission to protect refuge wildlife and its environment. Some of the activities they offer in partnership with Refuge staff include: trail work, fourth grade environmental education, birding and salmon monitoring. For more information call Sandy Nielson at 665-2540.

Book signing

CATHLAMET Irene Martin, local author, will be signing her new book, The Family That Never Threw Anything Away, at the holiday gift fair to be held at St James Family Center at 1135 Columbia Street in Cathlamet on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The slim volume of poems, like everything else for sale at this event, would make an excellent gift. Many items at the fair are locally hand-made and one-of-a-kind. Gifts include jewelry, paintings, jams, dream catchers, wreaths, Christmas decorations as well as unique teddy bears by artist Pat Talbot. Another feature is C&H locally smoked salmon. Homemade lunch selections and a large bake sale featuring Scandinavian goodies will also be on hand. Fred Carter will provide live entertainment. All proceeds benefit St. James Family Center.

Tsuga Gallery Holiday Open House

CATHLAMET  Saturday, Nov. 23, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., the Tsuga Gallery located at 70 Main Street in Cathlamet, will be celebrating with a Holiday Open House. Following the Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the Courthouse, drop by and enjoy the lively music of Kathleen Petersen on the keyboard. There will be lots of specialty finger foods and refreshments. The Gallery has been decorated for Christmas and has taken on a very festive air. The exhibits have been re-done with new work. Come and meet the artists and see the wonderful array of talent in our beautiful little area. In addition, Irene Martin will be on hand to sign her newest book, The Family that Never Threw Anything Away.

Sunday, Nov. 24

Songs from Treasured Musicals

ILWACO More than a dozen gifted local singers come together at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24, at the River City Playhouse on Lake Street in Ilwaco (next to the Heritage Museum and opposite the Ilwaco Post Office) for an hour of songs from well-known musicals. Many of the Broadway shows included in this review have been performed in the area during the past decade. They include Fiddler on the Roof, Mame, The Sound of Music, The Fantasticks, and The Wizard of Oz. Singers for this special performance to benefit the Peninsula Players range from 6-year-old Josie Schenk to 97-year-old senior crooner Pete Hanner. Director and accompanist for the event is Barbara Bate of Ocean Park, accompanist for the Bayside Singers as well as for many community musicals. For more information, phone 665-4421. Suggested donation for the event is $5, payable on the day of the performance.

Monday, Nov. 25

Visual aid available

OCEAN PARK If you have macular degeneration and or have trouble seeing and reading, contact the Ocean Park Lions Club. They have a magnifying reader available for loan. Call Larry at 665-6084.

Tuesday, Nov. 26

Community Historian Project

ILWACO  If you have an interest in history, genealogy or historical mysteries, come join the Community Historian Project. You will learn about Pacific County history and be part of an enjoyable fun group who want to learn about this amazing place we live. The class meets Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The cost is $100 for 15 weeks of great speakers, tours and experiences! To get an application for the upcoming 2014 Community Historian Project or if you have any questions, contact the Columbia-Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco at 642-3446. Deadline for applications is Dec. 6.

Wednesday, Nov. 27

Neptune Classic Movies

LONG BEACH The Neptune Twin Cinemas offers family and classic movies with no charge for admission, subject to capacity. All family and classic shows begin at 1 p.m. The movie on Nov. 27 is Guess Whos Coming to Dinner, starring Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy. 1967. 107 min.

Future Events

Community Thanksgiving dinner

ILWACO On Nov. 28 from noon to 4 p.m., the public is invited to the Inn at Harbour Village at 120 Williams Avenue in Ilwaco for a free Thanksgiving dinner. Bring your family and friends and come on down. Some transportation will be available if pre-arranged. Call 642-0087 for more information.

Community Thanksgiving dinner

LONG BEACH On Thanksgiving day from noon to 5 p.m., come enjoy a free community Thanksgiving dinner at the Long Beach Elks Lodge at 110 N. Pacific Hwy. in Long Beach. Everyone is welcome!

The Polar Express

LONG BEACH On Friday, Nov. 29, Neptune Theater, at 809 Ocean Beach Boulevard South in Long Beach is hosting a free showing of the holiday favorite The Polar Express. Meet Mrs. Claus and the Railroad Conductor. Come in your pajamas and then head downtown afterwards for a holiday parade with Santa Claus.

Studio tour

PENINSULA Gobble up art during the 6th PAA Studio Tour on Nov. 29 and Nov. 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Held peninsula-wide, follow the white, black and red PAA Art Event signs to experience the home studios, working hands and creative hearts of 21 local artists. The event is free, the experience priceless. Maps are available at the Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau, the Ocean Park Area Chamber of Commerce, from the Nov. 27 edition of the Chinook Observer, or on the Peninsula Arts Associations Facebook page and website www.beachartist.org. There will be demonstrations at many locations. This is a perfect way to start off holiday shopping!

Lets go clamming!

PENINSULA A razor clam dig is scheduled on the Long Beach Peninsula from the Columbia River north jetty to Leadbetter Point on Nov. 30 through Dec. 3, pending marine toxin tests, with digging allowed between noon and midnight. The best time to start is an hour or two before low tide and it is recommended you take a lantern for evening digs. Harvesters are allowed to take no more than 15 razor clams and must keep the first 15 they dig, regardless of size or condition. Each diggers clams must be kept in a separate container. Licenses are available at numerous local businesses.

Magic, pictures & tree lighting

LONG BEACH On Saturday, Nov. 30 at Veterans field in Long Beach there will be a variety of family-friendly, fun activities. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., enjoy a free magic show with Mrs. Claus. Then at 2 p.m. get your photo taken for free by Cardenas Photo Studio. At 6 p.m., dont miss the lighting of Long Beachs Christmas tree.

Christmas trees for sale

ILWACO Every weekend beginning Nov. 30 and continuing to Dec. 22, at Ilwaco Music Departments tree lot located at the maintenance yard off School Road in Ilwaco, will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact Rachel Lake at the high school for more details at 642-3731.

Frostys birthday party

LONG BEACH From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 1, head to Veterans field in Long Beach for Frosty the Snowmans birthday party. Meet Frosty and watch Mrs. Claus make it snow. Enjoy birthday cake and crafts too. For more events go to holidayslongbeach.com.

Community Historian Project

ILWACO If you have an interest in history, genealogy or historical mysteries, come join the Community Historian Project. You will learn about Pacific County history and be part of an enjoyable fun group who want to learn about this amazing place we live. The class meets Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The cost is $100 for 15 weeks of great speakers, tours and experiences! To get an application for the upcoming 2014 Community Historian Project or if you have any questions, contact the Columbia-Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco at 642-3446. The application deadline is Dec. 6.

Moose Christmas bazaar

OCEAN PARK Mark your calendars now so you dont miss the Moose Christmas bazaar held fro 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dec. 7 at 25915 U Street in Ocean Park. You are sure to find exciting good deals at this great bazaar.

Bake sale & more

OCEAN PARK  The Womens Guild of Ocean Park Methodist Church at 262nd and Park Avenue is holding their annual bake sale, with gift tables and more, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 7.

Artist Guild Bazaar

LONG BEACH  The Northwest Artist Guild will have their bazaar on Dec. 7 between noon and 5 p.m. at Gallery 504 North in the Peninsula Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. This bazaar will not only have original paintings by Guild artists Jean Nitzel, Dian Schroeder, Kent Toepfer, Betsy Toepfer, Susan McCloud, Connie Criess, Wes Moehnke, Sharon Strong, Maxine Brown, Judy Leonard, Joan Taplin and Martha Lee, but also cards, some unframed original paintings, and prints and more by some of these artists. These are in time and suitable for gift giving for any occasion! There will also be a 2014 calendar available for sale with a picture of a painting from each one of the original guild artists. There are now limited quantities of these calendars available.

Choir concert

ILWACO The Ilwaco High School Show Choir Epic Echo Concert is at 3 p.m. on Dec. 8 in the Hilltop Auditorium. The public is encouraged to come support our youth.

Memory tree

ILWACO Ocean Beach Hospital Foundation invites you to attend a Memory Tree Lighting Ceremony on Monday, Dec. 9 at 5:30 p.m., in the hospital lobby. Youre invited to partake in refreshments, and memorialize a loved one with a memory tree ornament. Ornaments are available in the hospital gift shop and donations of any amount are welcome. Call Tammie at 642-3181 with questions.

Incivility

KLIPSAN The public is invited to a free program entitled, Incivility: Dealing with Rude, Crude, Attitude set for Monday, Dec. 9 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Peninsula Senior Activity Center. The program will be lead by Dr. Robert Brake. Call him at 665-2784 for more information.

Tuba Christmas Concert

ILWACO  Everyone is invited to attend the free Tuba Christmas concert on Sunday, Dec. 15 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum at 115 SE Lake Street in Ilwaco. This family-fun event, sponsored by the Water Music Festival Society, features the Astoria Tuba Quartet performing toe-tapping music plus a few refreshments and lots of good fellowship. If you have questions call 665-2784.

Ilwaco Food Bank

ILWACO  The St. Vincent de Paul Ilwaco Food Bank will be open Dec. 13 and Dec. 20 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please bring containers.